When I first heard about Darrell Wallace Jr. being the first Black man in fifty years to win a NASCAR series race, my first…
This milestone comes after four earlier attempts ended in injuries and dehydration (CNN) – Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad completed a 110-mile swim from…
After CNN anchor Don Lemon said that Black people could help themselves by “pulling their pants up” he found himself in hot water with social…
As we do this time every year, we celebrate Black Music Month with special articles, photo galleries, listening parties and more. This year, we’re adding…
Chaka Khan will be inducted into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place on Monday, June 10 during its annual spring gala concert. So far, Patti LaBelle and Mary J. Blige are confirmed to give tributes to the iconic star. This year marks Khan’s 40th anniversary in the music business. “I […]
President Obama joined members of Congress today to unveil a new statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. With the full-length statue placed in the Capitol Building’s Statuary Hall, Parks takes her “rightful place among those who shaped this nation’s course,” Mr. Obama said. The 9-foot statue shows Parks seated, commemorating the moment in December […]
“This is not a black holiday; it is a people’s holiday,” said Coretta Scott King after President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law on Nov. 2, 1983. But in the complicated history of Martin Luther King, Jr Day, it has only recently been a holiday for all the people, all the time. […]
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Kathryn Bigelow made history as she became the first woman to receive the honor – and she beats out her ex-husband James Cameron’s ‘Avatar.’
